USS Intrepid (CV-11)

USS intrepid (CV-11) off Newport News, Virginia, on 16 August 1943, the day she went into commission

1944

Part of the anti-aircraft gun crew of the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62), watching helplessly, as a Japanese kamikaze plane prepares to strike the aircraft carrier Intrepid (CV-11) on 25 November 1944.

USS intrepid (CV-11); Japanese "Kamikaze" suicide plane disintegrates in flames after hitting USS Intrepid (CV-11), during operations off the Philippines on 25 November 1944

USS intrepid (CV-11) after being hit by Japanese plane in suicide dive in the Pacific. Taken from USS New Jersey (BB-62). Smoke coming from USS Intrepid (CV-11) gunners at 40mm guns on board USS New Jersey (BB-62) in foreground. ca. 11/25/1944

USS intrepid (CV-11): Burial at sea for the officers and men of the USS Intrepid (CV-11) who lost their lives when the carrier was hit by Japanese bombs during operations in the Philippines, 11/26/1944

USS intrepid (CV-11) afire, after she was hit by a "Kamikaze" off Okinawa on 16 April 1945. Photographed from USS Alaska (CB-1), as a Fletcher class destroyer steams by in the foreground

USS intrepid (CV-11) steaming in the South China Sea, with her attack air group parked on the flight deck, 13 September 1966

1968

USS intrepid (CV-11); Douglas A-4E "Skyhawk" attack plane is brought to the launching position on a steam catapult aboard USS Intrepid (CVS-11), during flight operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, September 1968. Note nosewheel steering bar in use